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A recent KPMG survey on global technology innovation has identified Shanghai as one of the world’s leading technology innovation hubs in the next few years. (link)
November venture capital in China reached $2B (link)
Honda is establishing a 5-year joint R&D project with China-based SenseTime, an artificial intelligent company focused on object and image recognition. SenseTime is one of the unicorns in China and has raised more…
Chinese delivery app, Dada Nexus, is looking to go public in the U.S., despite current U.S. and China relations. Dada Nexus is a JV with JD.com and backed by other investors including Walmart and Sequoia Capital China. Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and Jefferies are underwriting the deal…
Artificial Intelligence
The Chinese news app with 600 million users — TouTiao
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Qualcomm joined a number of Chinese device manufacturers to showcase 5G devices. Qualcomm shared that 5G devices will show…
UK health care data startup, Medopad, takes capital from Chinese investors and strikes strategic partnership with China’s tech giants to tap into the 1 billion potential users to collect data for machine learning. (link)
Chinese startup Rokid is reportedly talking to U.S. companies about its glasses that could detect COVID-19 related symptoms. The smart glasses, using chips from Qualcomm, could rapidly detect temperatures of individuals in crowds. Cameras attached to these glasses could also take pictures…
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